Psychological Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Benign Headache

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Conditions studied: Headache, Migraine, Tension Headache, Stress Headache, Vascular Headache

In brief

Subjects with chronic migraine or tension headaches will receive 12 sessions of biofeedback or relaxation training after fulfilling screening, intake interviews, \& psychological testing requirements. They will chart headache pain, anger level, \& medication usage throughout baseline, treatment, and 3 month follow-up periods. Migraine sufferers will receive a combination of progressive muscle relaxation training and thermal biofeedback (learning to warm hands). Subjects are randomly assigned to receive treatment either in the office with the therapist or from another room (where communication will be over a computer). The research is designed to compare the effectiveness of treatment based on location. Tension headache sufferers will receive training in how to reduce their muscle tension levels. They will be randomly assigned to have equipment monitor muscle tension levels either in the forehead or shoulder regions. The research is designed to compare the effectiveness of feedback to the forehead versus the shoulder muscles.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00018811
Run by
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Starts
1999-04-01
Expected to finish
2003-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2009-01-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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